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1. How do you enable a recovery agent?
Credentials - such as user names and passwords that you use to log on to websites or other computers on a network. By storing your credentials - Windows can automatically log you on to websites or other computers. Credentials are saved in special fol
Tools adds out-of-box drivers to a booted Windows PE image. It takes one or more driver .inf files as inputs.
Problem Steps Recorder in the Windows 7 operating system is a feature that enables users to record their interactions with an application and provide a detailed screen-by-screen view with accompanying information including mouse clicks and keyboard i
Issue a recovery agent certificate to a user and then import that certificate into a GPO that applies to the computer where that user will be allowed to recover any EFS encrypted files. EFS Data recovery agents are optional

2. NAP can be configured to ____________.
Enforce IPSEC on the network
Yes - This involves picking the user certificate of the user you are sharing the file with. If that user does not already have a preinstalled certificate - then have them logon and encrypt a file for the first time and EFS will autogenerate a new cer
Prevents the server from performing Internet name resolution.
Sett up a priority for the preferred smtp server.

3. What extensions is Firewall rules can be exported and imported?
Install and run many Windows XP productivity applications directly from your Windows 7-based PC. It utilizes virtualization technology - such as Windows Virtual PC - to provide a virtual Windows XP Professional SP3 environment for Windows 7 so that o
On the zone file of the DNS server in the DNS manager.
A .WFW file
Use AD integrated zones so the clients can update to more than one DNS server.

4. What is AppLocker?
The DHCP server will ping an ip address before assigning it.
A new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that replaces the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) feature. One of the advantages of Applocker rules over SRP is you can assign a rule to a security group or an individual user.
WSUS server configuration information - Metadata describing what each update is for - and general information about clients - updates and interaction.
Command line equilivant of Server Manager. You can install/remove roles and features on server 2008?

5. What happens if the router advertisement has the M flag set to 0 but the other staeful configuration (o) flag set to 1?
DHCPv6 obtains additional configuration settigns.
Create a customized shell
Use the Import Foreign Disk option on the target computer
Promiscuous mode allows you to monitor another machine without installing network monitor on the PC you are trying to monitor.

6. What windows 7 OSs can join a domain?
Only Business Track Windows 7 editions (Professional - Enterprise - Ultimate).
DHCP server cannot assign an ip address
Us edit dnscmd /zoneupdatefromdns command.
Generates a space-estimate file called Usmtsize.txt. This option does not collect the user state. You must also specify /nocompress.

7. What does Cipher /X do?
By using the DISM command with a /Set-Edition option: Example: DISM /IMAGE:C:SAMPLE.WIM /Set-Edition:Ultimate
You can upgrade to a more advanced edition of Windows 7—say from Home Premium to Ultimate and take advantage of extra features while keeping your current programs - files - and settings intact.
Use it to can backup certificates to a .PFX file that is password protected.
Perform an offline migration

8. What command is used to view the network monitor via command line?
Use dnscmd /zonerefresh.
A new Microsoft proprietary file system supported in Windows 7 which is intended for flash drives but often called FAT64 - limit of 264 bytes (16 Exabytes).
Take the number of networks and take the square root of it. Subtract that number from the subnet mask. The result is the original mask.
NMCAP. You can initiate a packet capture and make a .cap file to replay later. It allows you to accept a .cap files as input useful in parsing traffic by different ports or ip address. Example: NMCap /inputcapture test.cap /capture IPV4.Address ==10.

9. How do you setup DNS single label (unqualified) name resolution?
Turn off the Log Spooler event on a print server.
Clear the content being cached
Tools adds out-of-box drivers to a booted Windows PE image. It takes one or more driver .inf files as inputs.
Setup a GlobalNames zone.

10. What does the MigUser.xml file do?
By coping the application compatibility database to a network location and run a logon script that includes SDBInst on each computer - specifying the UNC path of the file.
Configure the primary zone to transfer to only DNS servers listed on the names server tab or by ip address.
Specify this file with both the ScanState and LoadState commands to migrate user folders - files - and file types to computers running Windows Vista or Windows 7.
It is a network health policy defines the minumum level of client health required to connect to the network.

11. What needs to be enabled for smart card logon?
Uncheck IPV6 from the network properties.
EAP authentication needs to be enabled for remote access authentication (dial up - VPN - wireless) -.
Yes - Removable Storage Access policies within a GPO can be used to restrict user's access to devices like USB drives - CDDVD drives - Floppy Disks - Tape Drives - etc.
Install NAP on the computer with the DHCP service.Configure NAP as a RADIUS proxy and forward connection requests to the RADIUS server.

12. How do you test the ip connectivity on IPV6?
A new Microsoft proprietary file system supported in Windows 7 which is intended for flash drives but often called FAT64 - limit of 264 bytes (16 Exabytes).
Yes - This involves picking the user certificate of the user you are sharing the file with. If that user does not already have a preinstalled certificate - then have them logon and encrypt a file for the first time and EFS will autogenerate a new cer
Ping the Link Local Address (FE80 Address)
Use it to generate an EFS user certificate

13. What does Aero require?
On the zone file of the DNS server in the DNS manager.
Add an AD integrated zone
A WDDM driver for the graphics card and a Windows Experience index of 3.0 or greater.
EARLY CHILDHOOD - EVERYONE - EVERYONE 10+ - TEEN - MATURE - ADULTS ONLY - RATING PENDING

14. What version does Windows XP must have to be able to connect with Remote Desktop to a computer requiring network level authentication?
Place unhealthy computers in a quarantined network and auto-remediate clients.
You start by selecting Windows XP Mode from the Windows 7 Start Menu. You can install applications in Windows XP Mode just as you normally would on a physical PC. For example - you can install applications via web - from storage devices - or from phy
The first time a user opens a file in a shared folder - Windows 7 reads the file from the server and then stores it in a cache on the computer's hard disk drive. The second and subsequent times a user reads the same file - Windows 7 retrieves the cac
SP3

15. What does DISM do?
Uncheck IPV6 from the network properties.
an email address where the @ is replaced with a period.
It can add a driver to an offline WIM image with the /Add-Driver option
Modify the PE image using DISM by adding the WINPE-Scripting package to BOOT.WIM

16. What can storage reports be used for?
A new feature for Offline Files & Folders. Prior to Windows 7 - to open a file across a slow network - client computers always retrieved the file from the server - even if the client computer had recently read the file. With Windows 7 transparent cac
Duplicate file identification - disk usage patterns - dormant files identification - and audit screening.
A processor that supports the hardware virtualization using either the AMD-V or Intel VT options. 256MB of RAM is dedicated to the XP client so the Windows 7 computer should have at least 2GB of overall RAM. Windows XP Mode is only available in Windo
Set IE back to its default settings

17. How do you delegate permissions to modify a specific DNS zone?
It will display driver signing status
IPsec to authenticate both the computer and user - allowing IT to manage the computer before the user logs on. Optionally - you can require a smart card for user authentication. It also leverages IPsec to provide encryption for communications across
Updates the master boot code for hard disk partitions to switch between BOOTMGR and NTLDR. You can use this tool to restore the boot sector on your computer. This tool replaces FixFAT and FixNTFS.
Delegate permission by configuring the dacl of the zone file.

18. How can you disable IPV6 from OSs that cant be uninstalled?
WINRM QUICKCONFIG.
Enable remote management on a computer and create the proper inbound rules on the advanced firewall.
Yes
Uncheck IPV6 from the network properties.

19. How many bits are in the site prefix?
So the downstream servers can recieve its approved updates via parent server. This allows multiple points of deployment. Downstream servers also can be delegated the permission to approve their own updates
ISATAP - Teredo and 6to4
4 (bits 53 - 56) /56 Allows for 16 regions
NMCAP. You can initiate a packet capture and make a .cap file to replay later. It allows you to accept a .cap files as input useful in parsing traffic by different ports or ip address. Example: NMCap /inputcapture test.cap /capture IPV4.Address ==10.

20. What will a (.root) zone do in a DNS server?
The Application Identity Service
Prevents the server from performing Internet name resolution.
Yes
Also known as root scalability mode. Allows organizations with more than 16 namespace servers use consistency mode. They poll the nearest dc every hour instead of the pdc emulator. This reduces network traffic to the pdc emulator but clients might ha

21. How are RRAS/NPS policies evaluated?
Use dnscmd /zonerefresh.
Ina periority orderd based on the permission in the priority list. The first policy that is marked True from the conditions is selected. This order of policies can affect weather or not a user can remote access (dialup - vpn - wireless).
Disable AutoComplete in Internet Explorer
Use the "Connect to a Workplace" option

22. Does the Advanced Firewall already has a predefined Homegroup inbound rule?
Configure the primary zone to transfer to only DNS servers listed on the names server tab or by ip address.
Encapsulating Security payload protocol used for encryption the packets created by the AH.
When the OS loads using MSCONFIG.EXE which is also known as the System Configuration tool.
Yes - it can be modified to apply to a network location.

23. The print management console can be configured to _____________.
Send email notifications
In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 it enhances the productivity of mobile workers by connecting them seamlessly and more securely to their corporate network any time they have Internet access—without the need to VPN. When your IT department enab
A CONFIG.XML file
Can be used to create virtual hard disks

24. What is a HomeGroup?

25. What does the MigDocs.xml file do?
Who can shutdown a computer
It which enables content from file and Web servers on a wide area network (WAN) to be cached on computers at a local branch office. BranchCache can improve application response time and reduce WAN traffic. Cached content can either be distributed acr
It can enable a windows feature on an offline image with the /Enable-Feature option
Specify this file with both the ScanState and LoadState tools to migrate all user folders and files that resides on the root of any drive and in the Users directory. However - it does not find and migrate any application data - program files - or any

26. What does NETSH BRANCHCACHE FLUSH do?
The DFS service attempts to keep the domain based namespace highly consistent by polling the pcd emulator after the namespace changes. This bypasses the needing to wait for the ad replication to update the namespace object. This can increase load on
Clear the content being cached
Extensive Authentication Protocol used in PPP authentication.
Boot into Windows Vista to initiate a direct upgrade to Windows 7 - insert the Windows 7 setup DVD - run SETUP.EXE and choose the Upgrade option. Do not boot directly to the setup DVD.

27. What does MISEXEC.EXE do?
First the local link address sends a router discovery packet (Router Solicitation message). If the router request is received then a Public address corrosponding to the global or unique local address prefix in the message.
You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent unallocated space on the same disk. To extend a basic volume - it must be raw or formatted with the NTFS file system.
By running the Update Status summary report.
Install Windows Installer Packages (.MSI) files. You can script the installation.

28. What is DISM.EXE?
They are in the first 48 bits /48
WPA2 and 802.1x but require EAP-TLS to be enable.
The Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) tool replaces the pkgmgr - PEImg - and IntlConfg tools that are being retired in Windows 7. DISM provides a single centralized tool for performing all of the functions of these three tools in a mor
Netsh set dnsserver. Example: netsh interface ipv4 set dnsserver name="Local Area Connection" source=static address=192.168.0.100

29. What does Removing Modify NTFS permission (not explicitly denying) do?
You can allow by adding the device vendor's GUID to the allow list in a GPO.
At the volume level - not the drive level.
Clear the content being cached
It will prevent a user from deleting files in a folder. Granting Modify permission to the Creator Owners Group will allow users to delete the files they create but not the files of other users.

30. What is SSTP?
Streamline and simplify user state migration during large deployments of Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems. USMT captures user accounts - user files - operating system settings - and application settings - and then migrates them to a new
they are enforced and will not allow a user to exceed the space limit.
Configure aging and scavenging.
Anew vpn protocol that uses SSL (port 443) for encryption.

31. How do you configure DHCP to ignore clients on a particular subnet?
By unbinding the DHCP protocol from the nic attached to the subnet.
Create a customized shell
From the Network Policy Access Services role in system manager.
Assign a ipsec policy to all computers - verify the computers can manually authenticate. Assign a client respond only IPSEC policy to the computers. Also either the request server or the security server need IPSEC polices assigned.

32. Why would you deploy an application compatibility database across multiple computers?
Use AD integrated zones so the clients can update to more than one DNS server.
So you can use a system management solution - such as Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 - to deliver the database to multiple computers and then use the SDBInst.exe command-line tool to install the database. The SDBInst command-line
Sent across the network
Hovering over a taskbar icon shows thumbnail of that program. Hovering over the thumbnail shows a preview of that program in full view. Aero Peek also refers to the "Show desktop" button to the far right of the new taskbar.

33. Where can Windows Backup backup a local drive to?
Generates a space-estimate file called Usmtsize.txt. This option does not collect the user state. You must also specify /nocompress.
Does not
an email address where the @ is replaced with a period.
To another hard disk in the same computer - network or to removable media.

34. What does windows cardspace do?
It backs up digitally identities to a password protected file.
Writes changes to a mounted WIM file - DISM /UNMOUNT-WIM /DISCARD will roll the changes back
Backups of the full system including all critical volumes (volumes that contain operating system state).
Credentials - such as user names and passwords that you use to log on to websites or other computers on a network. By storing your credentials - Windows can automatically log you on to websites or other computers. Credentials are saved in special fol

35. What do RRAS/NPS policys govern?
Can be configured through a GPO
To another hard disk in the same computer - network or to removable media.
It governs remote access and a user must meet the conditions of at least one of the policies.
Extensive Authentication Protocol used in PPP authentication.

36. What is an example of a rule based on file attributes derived from the digital signature?
Create persistent connections to computers with POWERSHELL
All you have to do is purchase an upgrade key from Microsoft or another authorized retailer to unlock those new features.
For example - you can create rules based on the publisher attribute that is persistent through updates - or you can create rules for a specific version of a file.
dynamic drives

37. How do you configure IPSEC between two computers?
Enterprise and Ultimate versions. The limitation refers only to the ability to enable protection on a removable storage device. Once BitLocker To Go is added to a storage device - that device can be used normally with any version of Windows 7. It can
Use the Advanced Firewall to define Connection Security Rules.
Use the Programs and Features Control Panel applet to
Divide up a large WIM file into multiple smaller .SWM files

38. How do you verify that an Auto Update Client is connecting to its WSUS Server?
Scan through the %WinDir%WindowsUpdate.log (ie. C:WindowsWindowsUpdate.log) file.
Run: Cscript slmgr.vbs /dl
It makes it easy to share your libraries and printers on a home network. You can share pictures - music - videos - documents - and printers with other people in your homegroup. The homegroup is protected with a password - and you'll always be able to
Boot the computer with a WINDOWS PE disk that contains a copy of IMAGEX.

39. How do you upgrade windows vista to windows 7?
They relay the status on polices to the Security center for NAP to validate the system to use the network.
Boot into Windows Vista to initiate a direct upgrade to Windows 7 - insert the Windows 7 setup DVD - run SETUP.EXE and choose the Upgrade option. Do not boot directly to the setup DVD.
Use IPCONFIG or Status Details for the Network Connection.
Duplicate file identification - disk usage patterns - dormant files identification - and audit screening.

40. What are some of the IPV6 transition technologies?
At the volume level - not the drive level.
ISATAP - Teredo and 6to4
It is the authentication header protocol and digitally sign packets but not encrypt them.
Computer certificates be installed on client computers

41. How do you view failed WSUS updates on the client PC?
IN the WindowsUpdateClient log in the system log portion of event viewer.
SSL
Run slmgr.vbs -ato and then open up 3389 on windows firewall using netsh.
WECUTIL QC

42. Does Windows 7 does have an email client like Outlook Express or Windows Mail?
Comes with the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)
Hovering over a taskbar icon shows thumbnail of that program. Hovering over the thumbnail shows a preview of that program in full view. Aero Peek also refers to the "Show desktop" button to the far right of the new taskbar.
No
By running the Update Status summary report.

43. What should you do if you receive warnings that your virtual memory is low?
Increase the minimum size of your paging file. Windows sets the initial minimum size of the paging file equal to the amount of random access memory (RAM) installed on your computer plus 300 megabytes (MB) - and the maximum size equal to three times t
WSUS server configuration information - Metadata describing what each update is for - and general information about clients - updates and interaction.
It can add a driver to an offline WIM image with the /Add-Driver option
Modify the PE image using DISM by adding the WINPE-Scripting package to BOOT.WIM

44. How do you decrease zone transfer traffic?
Increase the SOA refresh interval parameter.
Enabled searching for content on remote locations right from the Explorer itself. Integrating federated search into Windows gives users the benefits of using familiar tools and workflows to search remote data. This enhanced integration provides the a
they are enforced and will not allow a user to exceed the space limit.
It designates an authoritative DNS server - not the soa record.

45. How do you setup multiple mx records?
Yes - it can be modified to apply to a network location.
Sett up a priority for the preferred smtp server.
Certain firewall rules configured for the Peer Discovery and Content Retrieval.
Also known as root scalability mode. Allows organizations with more than 16 namespace servers use consistency mode. They poll the nearest dc every hour instead of the pdc emulator. This reduces network traffic to the pdc emulator but clients might ha

46. What is a HOSTS file?
Use the Cipher.exe command line tool.
A file that can be used to perform FQDN name resolution in the absence of a DNS server.
They relay the status on polices to the Security center for NAP to validate the system to use the network.
Problem history but also application installation history.

47. What does IP Helper service has to run for?
Through a GPO under Application Control Policies in the Computer Security Settings Node.
The import and export affects the entire policy. For example - if you export a policy - all of the rules from all of the rule collections are exported - including the enforcement settings for the rule collections. If you import a policy - the existin
IPV6 transition technologies
Yes - Removable Storage Access policies within a GPO can be used to restrict user's access to devices like USB drives - CDDVD drives - Floppy Disks - Tape Drives - etc.

48. What is an example of a exceptions to rule?
By unbinding the DHCP protocol from the nic attached to the subnet.
For example - you can create a rule that allows all Windows processes to run except Registry Editor (Regedit.exe).
Use the BCDEDIT.EXE command
L2TP/IPSEC with EAP-TLS.

49. Direct Access requires...
Computer certificates be installed on client computers
Create a Custom Rule. By default Predefined Firewall Rules apply to all computers sending network traffic.
A suite of tools that allow administrators to understand - control - and manage the quantity and types of data stored on the servers.
Yes

50. How does Transparent Caching lead to improved end-user response times and decreased bandwidth consumption over the WAN links to the server?
Configure a firewall rule to the specific port and block all connections.
Yes
Use the Cipher.exe command line tool.
By caching reads to remote files over a slow network in the Offline Files (CSC) cache. Subsequent reads to the same file are then satisfied from the client (cache) after verifying the integrity of the cached copy.